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House Bill 2667 |
House Author: Latham |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Deuell |
House Bill 2667 amends the Government Code to permit the director of the Texas Forest Service to adopt rules necessary to assist rural volunteer fire departments in the payment of audit costs for workers' compensation claims in a year in which there is an abnormally high number of wildfires. The bill requires that each member of a volunteer police force be insured or covered by the applicable state agency or political subdivision against any injury suffered in the course and scope of performing the person's assigned duties and specifies how the state agency or political subdivision may satisfy this insurance requirement.
House Bill 2667 also amends the Health and Safety Code to provide that the law requiring the board of emergency services commissioners to submit to competitive bids does not apply to the purchase of insurance coverage or repairs related to insurance claims.